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Percentage of green space in the Urban Morphological Zone (2012), Nov. 2019

The vector dataset presents the percentage of green space in densely built-up areas for a series of individual European cities (included in Urban Audit) for the year 2012.



The presence and proportion of green space in densely built-up urban areas is an important aspect of adaptation to climate change. Green space regulates the microclimate of the city, reducing the temperatures. It also reduces the risk of flooding related to heavy precipitation, as vegetation and permeable surfaces retain and infiltrate rainwater, reducing the amount that comes into the drainage system.



Data on green space was obtained from Copernicus Urban Atlas 2012, extracting the Urban Atlas classes treated as green space. The Urban Morphological Area (UMZ) dataset for 2012 and the Eurostat Urban Audit dataset (polygon, 2011-2014) were been used to calculate the total area within the core city. The values were then allocated to the city centroids from the same Eurostat Urban Audit dataset.

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Identification info

Date (Creation)
2019-11-08T00:00:00
Date (Publication)
2019-11-08T00:00:00
Edition

01.00

Citation identifier
eea_v_4326_100_k_umz-green-space_p_2012_v01_r00

Spatial representation type
Vector

Spatial resolution

Equivalent scale

Denominator
100000
Topic category
  • Environment
  • Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere

Extent

Temporal extent

Time period
2012-01-01 2012-12-31

Extent

Extent

N
S
E
W




Maintenance and update frequency
Not planned
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
  • Land cover
GEMET
  • climate change adaptation

  • green space

  • city

  • climate

  • climate change impact

Continents, countries, sea regions of the world.
  • EU27 (from 2020)

  • Norway

  • Switzerland

  • United Kingdom

  • Iceland

Spatial scope
  • European
EEA topics
  • Environmental health impacts

  • Climate mitigation

  • Climate adaptation

Resource constraints

Access constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints
no limitations to public access

Resource constraints

Use constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints

License CC-BY 4.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Copyright holder: European Environment Agency (EEA).



As this dataset is also derived from the Copernicus product "Urban Atlas 2012", it also applies the Copernicus data and information policy: Access to data is based on a principle of full, open and free access as established by the Copernicus data and information policy Regulation (EU) No 1159/2013 of 12 July 2013. This regulation establishes registration and licensing conditions for GMES/Copernicus users. Free, full and open access to this data set is made on the conditions that:

1. When distributing or communicating Copernicus dedicated data and Copernicus service information to the public, users shall inform the public of the source of that data and information.

2. Users shall make sure not to convey the impression to the public that the user's activities are officially endorsed by the Union.

3. Where that data or information has been adapted or modified, the user shall clearly state this.

4. The data remain the sole property of the European Union. Any information and data produced in the framework of the action shall be the sole property of the European Union. Any communication and publication by the beneficiary shall acknowledge that the data were produced “with funding by the European Union”.



The geometry of the dataset is derived from the Urban Audit Cities 2011-2014 dataset is publicly available and can be used for non commercial purposes. The source and intellectual property have always to be acknowledged for the original data and for derived data. Acknowledgement: Administrative boundaries: © EuroGeographics © FAO (UN) © TurkStat.

Language
English

Distribution Information

Distribution format
  • SHP

OnLine resource

https://sdi.eea.europa.eu/webdav/datastore/public/eea_v_4326_100_k_umz-green-space_p_2012_v01_r00/

OnLine resource

https://climate-adapt.eea.europa.eu/en/knowledge/tools/urban-adaptation

OnLine resource

Direct download

OnLine resource

OnLine resource

https://climate.discomap.eea.europa.eu/arcgis/rest/services/UAMV/Percentage_Green_Space_in_UMZ/MapServer

Data quality info

Hierarchy level
Dataset

Report

Result

Title
Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services
Date (Publication)
2010-12-08
Explanation

See the referenced specification

Resource lineage

Statement

Data on green space was obtained from Copernicus Urban Atlas 2012, extracting the Urban Atlas classes treated as green space. The Urban Morphological Area (UMZ) dataset for 2012 and the Eurostat Urban Audit dataset (polygon, 2011-2014) were been used to calculate the total area within the core city.

Data on green space was obtained from Copernicus Urban Atlas 2012 ( https://land.copernicus.eu/local/urban-atlas/urban-atlas-2012). The following Urban Atlas classes were treated as green space: 11230 (discontinuous low desnity urban fabric); 11240 (discontinuous very low density urban fabric); 14100 (green urban areas); 14200 (sports and leisure facilities); 20000 (agricultural areas, semi-natural areas and wetlands); and 30000 (forests).

Urban Morphological Area (UMZ) is a reference unit for city morphology (as the best approximation of the ‘real’ city form, which often does not correspond to the administrative delineation). The UMZ dataset for 2012 was intersected with the polygon representive the administrative boundary of the city (Urban Audit core city - polygon, version 2011-2014: http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/gisco/geodata/reference-data/administrative-units-statistical-units/urban-audit) to identify the UMZ within the core city.

The total area of the green space per UMZ within the core city was calculated and divided by the area of the UMZ within the core city. In allocating the values to individual cities, the Urban Audit 2011-2014 spatial dataset was used to identify the centroid ( https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/gisco/geodata/reference-data/administrative-units-statistical-units/urban-audit). UA geometry was derived from Eurogeographics EuroBoundaryMap (EBM) v6 and 6.2. The value of the nearest-distance grid point to the city centroid was used as the value for that city.

Hierarchy level
Dataset
Source
  • Urban Atlas 2012 (vector), Aug. 2016
  • Urban Morphological Zone (2012) within cities included in Urban Audit 2011-2014, Jan. 2019
  • https://land.copernicus.eu/en/products/urban-atlas/urban-atlas-2012
  • https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/gisco/geodata/reference-data/administrative-units-statistical-units/urban-audit

Reference System Information

Reference System Information

Code
EPSG:4326

Metadata

Metadata identifier
6789cb20-5eb2-46ea-87ed-4d3b34ef4069

Language
English
Character encoding
UTF8
Contact
Organisation Individual Electronic mail address Website Role

European Environment Agency

sdi@eea.europa.eu

Point of contact

Type of resource

Resource type
Dataset
Metadata linkage

https://sdi.eea.europa.eu/geonetwork/srv/api/records/6789cb20-5eb2-46ea-87ed-4d3b34ef4069

Date info (Creation)
2020-09-23T10:09:57Z
Date info (Revision)
2025-10-09T10:55:14.56126Z

Metadata standard

Title

ISO 19115/19139

Edition

1.0

 
 
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Keywords

EEA topics

Climate adaptation Climate mitigation Environmental health impacts
GEMET

city climate climate change adaptation climate change impact green space
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

Land cover
Spatial scope

European


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